WHO WE ARE:
Sticky Rice Club is an economic and community development nonprofit that aims to strengthen neighborhood resilience in Oakland through the development of public + commercial spaces, workshops + healing retreats, and community programs that promote: compassion, mindfulness practices, healing, equity, collective ownership, community safety, neighborhood solidarity, and cultural food + arts
STICKY RICE CLUB TEAM:
Seanathan Chow
Fundraising, Strategy and Vision + Program Development
Sara Tseng
Merchant Organizing Programming
Mushim Ikeda
Mindfulness Retreat Programming
Teresa Trinh
Lantern Festival – Merchant + Performance Programming
MISSION STATEMENT:
We aim to heal our neighborhoods in Oakland through principles of compassion, collectivism, solidarity and prefigurative activism. Through: 1) commercial and public space activation, 2) mindfulness/healing-focused events, workshops, and retreats, 3) merchant organizing + cooperative development; we aim to support working-class merchants, residents, and community members to build neighborhood resilience and economic staying power in the face of trauma, gentrification, displacement, and cultural erasure, while also building towards a more inclusive, intergenerational, and intercultural neighborhood grounded in equality (social and economic), mutual aid, compassion, community safety and solidarity.
Why we do the work
As a foundational basis for our work, we are driven by how we can create accessible and inclusive spaces for self and community transformation – in which opportunities to gather and heal on an individual and communal level can intentionally and safely arise – while also developing and implementing equitable economic models that we want to see in the world. This intersection of restorative economics and healing justice is where we feel our work is most meaningful and impactful. Through this lens, we aim to collectively work towards building neighborhoods that are rooted in generosity, abundance, mindfulness, and care for one another.
LANTERN FESTIVAL 2024 PARTICIPANTS, PERFORMERS, AND ORGANIZERS
Sticky Rice Club (糯米俱樂部)
in Oakland Chinatown:
Community Shared Spaces
社區共享商業空間
We activate vacant and underutilized private and public spaces, developing low-barrier commercial projects that are designed to support local food entrepreneurs, artists, organizers and healing practitioners through mutual aid, collective care, and collective ownership.
Merchant Organizing
商戶支持
We work with local merchants and workers to identify and collectively work towards addressing issues that are impacting businesses and community members in Chinatown. We meet monthly to organize and discuss issues across: community safety, infrastructure, etc.
Workshop/Healing Retreats
研讨会和疗愈静修
We host workshops and healing retreats aim to support: physical and mental recovery, neighborhood solidarity, cultural understanding + reconnection, and individual and collective transformation. They are designed with a focus on accessibility, movement practice, and mindfulness, across a diverse range of cultural modalities and traditions.
Neighborhood Festivals
鄰里活動
We host neighborhood festivals and block parties that are designed to bring together folks from different cultures and surrounding neighborhoods in Oakland, as a way to create spaces and neighborhoods that are: inclusive, intergenerational, intercultural, and grounded in community safety.
Movement for AAPI Movement Organizers with Sally Chang from Evergreen Taiji Academy
A healing and empowering Daoist Internal Cultivation series for Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) from October 7, 2024 – February 9, 2025. Applications NOW CLOSED!
Wellness + Emergency Fund for Chinatown Cultural Practitioners and Community Members
An annual wellness and emergency mutual aid fund to help support cultural practitioners and members connected to Oakland Chinatown. Applications NOW CLOSED, but will open again in 2025!
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LANTERN FESTIVAL 2024: PICS COMING SOON
Lantern Festival 2023 Archive:
w/ community partners: API Healers for Liberation, Civic Design Studio, Cut Fruit Collective, Oakland Bloom and more!
CONTACT
Number:
(510) 542-9193
Email:
stickyriceclub@pm.me
Mailing Address:
Sticky Rice Club
1721 Broadway Suite #201 Oakland, CA 94612
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